Emmerson Mnangagwa, the new president of Zimbabwe, will have a hard time digging his country out of the economic hole that it fell into during the 37 years it was led by Robert Mugabe. But it can be done.
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Last month, Google unveiled its newest project, Stadia, a game streaming service similar to video streaming on YouTube, which will allow the digital communications giant to capitalize on its cloud technology and a global …
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President Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced that sex work might soon be decriminalized. If true, it will mark the end of an era that will be remembered as a stain on our constitutional democracy. The right to be a sex worker …
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After former dictator, Omar Al-Bashir, was disgracefully thrown out of the office on April 11 after 30 years in power, Sudanese are not showing any signs of relaxing their demands for democracy. The military has since taken charge and declared …
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The recent horrific killing of a young Nigerian by officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)—an arm of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF)—has once again brought the #EndSARS campaign to life. SARS has, over the years, …
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Earlier this month The Gambia became the 22nd African country to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Following Gambia’s ratification, the AfCFTA has now reached its twenty-two member threshold and the trade area will begin to be implemented …
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Steve Hanke, a Professor of Applied Economics at The Johns Hopkins University and a Senior Fellow at Cato Institute, recently released the latest edition of the Misery Index. The index rank countries from happiest to most miserable. According to …
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More than a century after 48,000 people died in concentration camps in what’s known as the South African War between 1899 and 1902 – or the Anglo-Boer War – the events of that period are back in the headlines.
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Nigeria’s tradition of abrupt postponement of elections may yet happen again. Despite the excuse, the embarrassing postponements by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the last elections are blatant cases of incompetence. Now that the presidential election is …
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South Africa has a jobs crisis. In the fourth quarter of 2018, 6.14 million people were out of work, an unemployment rate of 27.1 percent, which is one of the highest rates in the world, along with sub-Saharan African countries …
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